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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
TopicDelhi air pollution

Topic: Delhi air pollution

Delhi govt temporarily suspends odd-even rule as air quality improves post-rainfall

Environment Minister Gopal Rai said the odd-even car rationing scheme will not be implemented from 13-20 November.

Delhi NCR sees sudden change in weather, receives light rain

The rainfall in the national capital comes amid the Delhi government's ongoing efforts to implement the idea of 'artificial rain' to curtail the pollution situation in the city.

With 70k cabs in NCR, Uber weighs in on Delhi’s plan to ban entry of app-based taxis from other states

In letter to Delhi’s transport commissioner, Uber says 'indiscriminate restriction' on CNG cabs would force people to move to the more-polluting diesel and petrol vehicles.

Delhi’s air quality in ‘severe’ category, marginal improvement likely ahead of Diwali

The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 420 at 8 am Thursday, compared to 426 at 4 pm Wednesday.

TV channel melodrama has its uses this week. It’s about Delhi air pollution

TV news shows it like it is, newspapers tell it like it is. Together they are fighting for our ‘Right to Breathe’, and have been at it well before Dehi turned ‘sick’.

‘No respite in sight’, Delhi govt prepones school winter vacations to November as air quality plummets

Winter vacation dates changed to 9-18 November. Supreme Court Tuesday came down heavily on national capital’s neighbouring states, ordering an immediate stop to crop burning.

‘Odd-even scheme will be implemented after SC reviews its effectiveness,’ says Gopal Rai

The Delhi environment minister said the government will submit two major studies conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of the scheme for the perusal of the Supreme Court.

‘We’re unnecessarily defamed over Delhi’s air pollution. Factories, vehicles to blame’: Punjab farmers

Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) general secretary also asks how smoke from crop burning in Punjab is causing air pollution only in Delhi and not in Jalandhar, Amritsar, & other state areas.

‘Akin to 25-30 cigarettes a day’ — top surgeon on why air pollution is ‘grave public emergency’

N-95 masks & air purifiers may have limited role in protecting from ill-effects of air pollution, says Dr Arvind Kumar. Measures, he adds, are needed at individual & policy levels.

On Camera

Smog’s unseen impact: pollutants on our food plates

Air pollution not only harms health but also lowers protein, iron and micronutrients in food, risking nutrition and food security.

Grounded no more: Andhra govt revives no-frills Dagadarthi airport near Nellore to boost south coast link

As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.

Oreshnik, ATACMS & Storm Shadow: All about the missiles Russia and Ukraine are firing

Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.